Trump’s Foreign Policy is just GOP Boilerplate, only more Confused
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump tried his hand at foreign…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump tried his hand at foreign…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bernie Sanders' path to the nomination as…
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy…
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Egypt arrests Hundreds to Stop Protest, including Journalists, Lawyers
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Egyptian security forces arrested at least 382 people in the days leading up to and during the dispersal of mostly peaceful protests on April…Globally, deaths from explosive weapons rise 54%, & 3/4s are Civilians
TeleSur | - - Civilian casualties from explosive weapons rose by 54 percent in 2015 compared to 2011. More than three-quarters of those harmed by explosive weapons in 2015— bombs, missiles and…Syrian Kurds: True Revolution must Liberate Women
By Rahila Gupta | ( OpenDemocracy ) In less than four years, the women’s umbrella organisation, Kongira Star, has set up an autonomous, grassroots, democratic structure which has resulted in shifting patriarchal…Majority of Palestinian Youth support Violent Resistance to Israeli Occupation, despair of state of their own
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian youth in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank have widely disparate opinions on the ongoing wave of attacks by Palestinians,…Reinventing Saudi Arabia after Oil: The Prince’s $2 Trillion Gamble
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia laid out his vision for Saudi Arabia on Monday in a…Inclusive Governing key to preventing 5th Wave of Violent Radicalism
By Carl Bildt | (Project Syndicate) | - - STOCKHOLM – Muscular language has become increasingly prevalent in the debate about how to counter the threat of jihadist terrorism. Television talk-show hosts…ISIL Endgame: Obama to send 250 more US Troops into Syria
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Obama is announcing Monday morning in Hanover, Germany, that he will send another 250 US troops, likely mostly special operations, into Syria,…Defeating ISIL in Iraq while Protecting Civilians: Don’t destroy Mosul to “Save” It
Human Rights Watch | - - (Beirut) – Iraqi government forces gearing up to drive Islamic State fighters from Mosul should prioritize protection of civilians. Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain in…US finally acknowledging al-Qaeda factor in breakdown of Ceasefire
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - One of the frustrations of following the Syria conflict from the Arabic press is that when you then turn to the English language…Caravan Schools and educating Syrian Refugee Children
By Samantha Schmidt | ( Yes | - - In response to overcrowded public schools in countries neighboring Syria, caravan schools provide refugees with free education to keep them from falling behind.…Berlin Pirate Party Leader Arrested for Erdogan Insult
TeleSur | - - Bruno Kramm was arrested while protesting against a German law allowing the prosecution of citizens for insulting foreign leaders. The head of Berlin's Pirate Party branch has been…NYU grad student union votes to boycott, divest from Israel
Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- A graduate student union at New York University on Friday voted in favor of joining the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israeli…US confused over Russia’s real intentions in Syria
By EurActiv.com | - - Russia’s latest military moves in Syria have sharpened divisions within the US administration over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin genuinely backs a UN-led initiative to end the…Why Burqa Veils Are Illegal In Some Countries
Laura Ling | (TestTube Video Report) | - - "Face veils are often viewed as a symbol of modesty in Islam, but many governments have put restrictions on them. So where are…Israel Forcibly closes More Bedouin Villages in Negev Desert
By Silvia Boarini | (Inter Press Service) | - - UMM AL-HERAN, Southern Israel, Apr 22 2016 (IPS) - Despite ostensibly freezing the Prawer Plan — a proposed bill to ‘regulate Bedouin…The Iraq War Never Ended: An Interview with Anand Gopal
By Charles Davis | ( TeleSur | - - The U.S. is at war with the same extremist group it claimed to have defeated five years ago, and it’s relying on sectarian…In Fascist Turn, Thousands Demonstrate for Israeli Soldier who shot Dazed Palestinian in Head
AJ+ | - - "An Israeli soldier was charged with manslaughter for shooting and killing a wounded Palestinian man. Now, thousands are still demanding his release." AJ+: "Israelis Demonstrate In Support Of…Israeli security agency exposes ‘Jewish terror ring’
By Ma'an News Agency | - - BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) -- Israel’s Shin Bet security agency recently uncovered a “Jewish terrorist ring” which carried out a number of acts of violence targeting Palestinians…The Future of the Mideast: A decentralized, Networked Pan-Arabism transcending Sykes-Picot?
By Parag Khanna | (Informed Comment) | - - While embedded with U.S. Special Operations Forces in 2007, I witnessed firsthand America’s incredible ability to apply technology to the battlefield. The digital…Murdering Civilians: US Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows
By Pratap Chatterjee | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - In a trio of recent action-packed movies, good guys watch terrorists mingling with innocent women and children via real-time video feeds from halfway across…